Make Entrepreneurial Studies Compulsory For Undergraduates - Lecturer

The absence of entrepreneurial skills is the reason many school leavers have remained unemployed over the years.

This is one fact many Nigerians and even the school leavers
themselves have realized.

So, why not make entrepreneurial studies a compulsory course
for every undergraduate?

This is the question a polytechnic lecturer, Mr Adeyemi
Aina, is asking authorities of higher schools in Nigeria.

Aina is the Head of Department of Public Administration in
Yaba College of Technology, and he should be taken serious.

He believes that if this idea is adopted, many youths would
be meaningfully engaged.

“Higher schools are viable medium to impact business sense
into the would-be commercial giants.

“These institutions of learning are the more strategic since
they also impact know-how in one discipline or another.

“Making entrepreneurship a compulsory course for all higher
school attendees will help to expose graduates to the business angle of their
course of study,’’ he said.

Aina urged polytechnics to do more in entrepreneurship
education, because the idea behind establishment of such institutions of
learning was to champion technical competence.

“The truth is that every course of study has a business potential.

“Nigeria needs to review its philosophy and ethic of
education to also emphasise entrepreneurship.

“We must begin to expose undergraduates to aspects of
private enterprise in faculties of the humanities and arts.

“Disciplines like public administration, political science,
English and literary studies and language courses have business initiatives
that are untapped, due to lack of knowledge of the potential,’’ he said.